Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-09-24
Smart Old Farmer.

Darwin Davis, an OLD fashioned and
well-to-do farmer of the neighboring
town of Norwich, tells the New York
Times of a recent interview with a
couple of affable strangers, as followss
1.-THE other day man called at my
house and wanted to buy farm. He
said his namo was DIR. Miles; and that
he lived in Rutland. Vt, md that he
wanted the farm for his sister, a rich
California widow, who wanted to settle
down with her children in this part of
the country. His sister, he said, had
pile of money. and he inquired if the
banks We're sound around here. I told
him did not know much about any of
the banks except old Norwich Bank, and
1 considered that good enough to keep
money in. He said that my farm had
been recommended to him as Just the
one he wanted. and no had called I'd
look at it. So the doctor and ! started
OFF up the road to LOOK over the farm.
Pretty soon VIC We're overtaken by n
well-dressed and glib-spoken young fell
low IN buggy, who hailed US and in.
CURED how far it was before the road
turned to the left. l gave him the inn
formation he wanted. and he yot ont of
the buggy and came No to lis, and be-
gan talking about big advertising
scheme ho was working among
tho farmers for a firm in New
orleans. He said he was from New
orleans. and was nephew CT General
Beauregard. but he didn't 90 into the
army because lie wasn't biz ,oouob ,t
That Zine. Then 10 said II we had
sime to srSre he'd show us a new game
o. uraw that was all the 90 down in
New Orleans; SO he pulled out four
cards, three with black spots and one
with red spots. and he shufI,ed them
up and turned them over. face down.
ward. The game was, he said, to paw
a quarter and draw. and If you drawed
the red card and showed five dollars,
then you got five dollars. He invited
us to try 1t, just for the fun of the
thing, and see what our luck would be.
DIR. Miles drawed and got tho red card
first draw, and then I tried and got the
red card the same way. "Beauregard
said we had extraordinary luck. but
he'd bet us one Thousand dollars
against five dollars In earnest that we
couldn't Goth of us draw the red card
again the first time we tried It. DIR.
Miles took the bet and drawed, and
sure enough he got the red card, and
then drawed and got it, too. Beau. 1
regard sad he wouldn't play no more
draw with such lucky men as we were
he'd lost enough. But his firm
always told him 70 be honorable and i!
do just as he had agreed. and as
he had lost one thousand dollars
teu pay it. provided that we
could show that we we're responsible
and honorable and had one thousand |
dollars tc pay with in case we lost that
amount Then he pulled out big roll
OF bills and commenced counting out
the Que thousand dollars. DIR. Miles
said he hadn't got so much money with |
him and offered check on the Rutland |
bank, but Beauregard said lie must
show, the cash. Then the doctor pro-
posed that should 60 to the Norwich
bank and get the one thousand dollars
he had won. about this time bepan
to see a niger in the wood pile, and
the more thought about it the bigger
mat darkey got to be. So | said to
!'eauregard: Young man, you might
Just as we'll put that money back in
your pocket, for don't want it, ryo
,cen the elephant and know which end
his tail is on With that Beauregard
got mad and jumped into his buggy
arI rode away. DIR. Miles and l start
ed back toward my house. and on the
way told him that thought Beaure-
gard was trying to play confidence
game on me. and that he had 4 hand in
t. Why. DAYS. said he, how can
1ou think so? belong to the Presby-
erian church up in Rutland, and our
Minister don't allow us to handle cards
'retty soon DIR. Miles went away, and
hats the last I've heard about him
buying my farm"